Principals & Founders

Passion. Experience.

Principals

CEO - Managing Partner

Andrew R. Cassano

Since 1969, Andy has had extensive experience in all aspects of land surveying, city and regional planning, and environmental planning for community development. He has hours of public hearing experience, representing both the private and public sectors.

He has conducted all manner of surveys from boundary to design and construction related. Over his many years of experience, Andy has developed what he calls 4-D vision when looking at land and contemplating projects. Besides visualizing project plans and ideas in 3-D, he also sees the environmental impacts and mitigations, and anticipates issues of potential community concerns.

When He's Not at Work

PRINCIPAL

John E. Baker

John serves as our surveying coordinator and he is a qualified civil engineering technician. John's experience includes the design and preparation of commercial and residential grading plans, improvement plans for public and private roads, utility plans and the calculation and drafting of subdivision maps, parcel maps, record of surveys and exhibit maps. John also has experience in the preparation of construction staking packages, construction staking, construction oversight, preparation of bid documents and engineering estimates.

Education

SIERRA COLLEGE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY

LAND SURVEYOR-IN-TRAINING (L.S.I.T)

Experience

• County of Sacramento (part time 1987-1988)• Nevada City Engineering, Inc. (1988-Present)

Membership Affiliation

PRINCIPAL

Daniel Hoagland

Dan Hoagland is a Licensed Land Surveyor, LS 8621. He is instrumental in completing complex construction staking for projects and an expert at using our state of the art surveying equipment to complete all surveying tasks as efficiently as possible. Dan is experienced in completing wireless communication infrastructure surveys, which we are now providing throughout Northern California.

When Dan initially joined our company, one of his tasks was to prepare, under Andy Cassano’s direction, a legal description of the entire Nevada Irrigation District, the largest and most complex legal description that we’ve ever done.

Dan previously worked for Caltrans, where he worked on construction staking and other surveying tasks while passing California’s rigorous land surveying licensing exams in 2010. His work with Caltrans included providing construction staking for 10 major bridges and structures. He also worked extensively with boundaries and right of way.

Founders

OUR FOUNDER - retired in 2004

Kenneth E. Baker

Ken had extensive experience in land surveys, including cadastral surveys, boundary surveys, land divisions and subdivisions. Ken also had extensive experience with area study plans, cost analysis, feasibility analysis, commercial/industrial site selections, and project representation. Thanks for everything you taught us about our profession and client service!

Licensed Land Surveyor

• State of California (L.S. 3959) September 1972• State of Idaho (L.S. 987) September 1976• State of Nevada (L.S. 3596) May 1973

Education

Registered Civil Engineer

• State of California (R.C.E. 24867) February 1975• State of Nevada (R.C.E. 11261) January 1995

PAST PRINCIPLE - Retired IN 2017

William D. Green

Bill's experience included preparation of commercial grading plans, design of all types of infrastructure, including parking, streets, sewer, water, and utilities. He also did wood frame structural and retaining wall designs.

Bill took grading design to an art form, working directly in AutoCAD for maximum efficiency. He was a master at designing grading to fit difficult or confined sites. He was a practical engineer with extensive construction knowledge.

Like all of our partners, he was extremely versatile, and could quickly and efficiently undertake the full array of engineering, planning, and surveying tasks.

From concept to working drawings, we plan and design land development and infrastructure projects for private and public sector clients. We excel in solution-oriented designs that achieve client goals while honoring community standards.